AHRQ Tool Gives Access to Hospital Discharge Data

A new free tool from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality enables analysis of data on hospital discharges.

The service, called Fast Stats, includes all-payer data on discharges in 2014 from 17 states, showing the number of discharges paid for by Medicare, Medicaid, commercial insurers and the uninsured, and covering services such as surgical, mental health, maternal, injury and medical, according to AHRQ.